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Chapter 304 - Chapter 304 Chapter 304 Tower of Babel

Chapter 304: Chapter 304 Tower of Babel Chapter 304: Chapter 304 Tower of Babel Damn… why have the monsters in this world suddenly become so numerous…

Did all those guys from Olympus die? Just now, I clearly saw from the corner of my eye that an ordinary-looking young man merely stomped his foot and caused an Earth Element Power User close to level A to suffer a psychic backlash so severe that he was reduced to an invalid. Such an effect would require a two-level gap in spiritual power, which means that the seemingly harmless youth is very likely an S-level individual… and so young…

But comparatively, the real monster here might actually be the little girl who looks like she’s only about ten years old.

A seemingly insignificant kid, yet she mercilessly beat me, a B+ level Body Enhancer like I was nothing…

Remembering the little madwoman who lunged at me, barraged me with punches and kicks, and then casually threw me a hundred meters away, the fleeing Black Man shuddered.

I am a Body Enhancer! A Body Enhancer who could punch a giant dent in the frontal armor of a main battle tank! And yet, a ten-year-old girl smashed my left arm into a comminuted fracture with a single punch. That strength has to be at least A+!

If it weren’t for the fact that she’s just an inexperienced kid who had divine power but randomly threw punches without any technique, I would have definitely been beaten to death today.

As for the three subordinates I brought with me… There’s no need to think about them. Unlike Olympus, which has found a way to quickly create a large number of Power Users through special means, my organization doesn’t have as many Power Users to spare. Therefore, the three people I brought were just ordinary humans with special training. Although they’re much stronger than regular people, they’re nothing but mere victims when facing Power Users, especially a violent close-combat specialist…

The running speed of a Body Enhancer Power User should never be underestimated. Although the dozens of broken bones throughout his body slowed him down, the Black Man still spotted the distant highway less than ten minutes later.

Of course, I can’t head back to the city now; this territory belongs to the Superpower Team, and with the addition of local government forces, my sorry figure would likely be captured as soon as I approached the suburbs. The highway ahead was actually part of an escape route I’d considered in case of an emergency–regrettably, the car I drove here had been reduced to scrap metal when that violent little girl used it as a weapon against me. I might have to just hijack a car this time.

Only a mighty Body Enhancer could pull a car off the highway with their bare hands.

However, before that, I must rest.

Despite having physical strength left, all the fractured bones and muscles need to be repaired as soon as possible, otherwise, I might suffer irreversible damage. Besides, my physical condition is already at its limit…

Despite knowing how dangerous it is to stop under these circumstances, there’s no choice but to finish healing quickly.

Although he’s already been through quite a plotline and has yet to be given a name due to someone’s laziness, being merely mentioned as Passerby A, the wounded Black Man approached a long-dead tree, sat down with difficulty, clenched his teeth, and forcibly crushed his deformed left forearm to start fixing it from scratch.

A familiar tingling sensation gradually spread from every wound in his body, causing his muscles to involuntarily tense up like cement, then slowly relax again.

“What’s this?”

During the fast-paced healing process, the Black Man tried to find something to distract himself and indeed found something–a white piece of paper half-buried in the soil next to him.

“Kids’ random scribbles?”

After casually digging the paper out of the soft ground, the Black Man muttered to himself while looking at a crooked circle drawn on it.

Far away in the temporary command center, sitting leisurely with Miss Lin and enjoying tea, Big Sister suddenly shivered and then revealed a menacing smile, narrowing her eyes, “I suddenly feel like someone spoke rudely about me…”

Just back from a seven trillion Super Space-Time Jump with Bubbles and unable to prevent the last piece of dessert from falling prey to Lin Xue’s clutches, I immediately felt the temperature around me drop by more than ten degrees–it seems like someone is in trouble now…

Just as Bubbles and I were sitting down to catch our breath, there was a knock on the door.

Lin Xue instantly switched to a serious mode, sitting upright, “Come in.”

The NPC man who had appeared several times before appeared before us again, “Report, Captain Lin, we may have found the target’s location!”

“May?” Lin Xue frowned, looking dissatisfied at him, “Why didn’t you confirm it?”

“…Well…” The NPC man hesitated a bit, then reported truthfully, “There was a sudden intense lightning strike, localized earthquake, an unexpected tornado, acid rain, hailstorm, and a micro meteorite strike… and the sudden appearance of… ”

“The sudden appearance of a massive wild animal rampage involving wasps, poisonous snakes, and wild horses, among others… I understand, wait a few minutes until it calms down, then send someone to check if that guy is still alive…”

“To be honest, I think he’s probably dead.”

After the NPC left, I spread my hands, expressing helplessness to Lin Xue.

“Don’t underestimate the life force of a Body Enhancer–okay, although I also think that guy is definitely done for, using micro meteorites is a bit too much.”

“It seems the Disaster Beacon’s power played an exceptional role here, even though I had already focused on weakening the curse’s power…” Big Sister showed a remorseful smile, “It might also be due to the stacking of two curses, as I previously remotely cursed the individual with a premonition that they ‘will soon come into contact with the Disaster Beacon.’ But really, even the stacking should not have been enough to summon a meteorite…”

No one could have anticipated that all of this was the result of one tragic African uncle, who simply couldn’t keep his mouth shut.

About ten minutes later, we received an unexpected piece of news: the guy who escaped was still alive.

After surviving lightning strikes, earthquakes, storms, meteorites, hoards of snakes, and being trampled by herds of animals, he was still alive…

A member of the Superpower Team reported to us with a peculiar expression, “His agility was extremely high, allowing him to dodge most disasters, including lightning strikes and the deadliest meteorites, but he couldn’t escape the tornado and acid rain which damaged 90% of his skin and outer muscles. When we found him, he was highly poisoned, his bones shattered, and his internal organs had burst under the trampling of some large terrestrial animal that might weigh over five tons… Honestly, we can’t comprehend what kind of superpower attack could have achieved this…”

Our assessment was: the guy with Body Enhancement really has tough luck!

There were a total of two captives, one was an Olympus member whose Superpower Talent I had already annihilated, and the other was the black Big Man tortured by Big Sister’s curse to near death. Both were somewhat influential figures in their respective organizations, though far from being senior members, they certainly had access to secrets that lower-level members could not reach, and soon, we got what we wanted.

I must say, when it comes to forced interrogations… ahem, questioning criminals, the experts from the Superpower Team are indeed much more skilled than my own troops, who aside from fighting have little else in the way of talents.

“The Tower of Babel?!”

Upon receiving the testimony of the captives delivered by my subordinates, Lin Xue couldn’t help but exclaim softly before frowning slightly.

I immediately became curious. The Tower of Babel must be the organization that the black Big Man belongs to. The name sounds fierce, and given Lin Xue’s expression, she must have known about this organization before. So, what does she know?

“The Tower of Babel…” Lin Xue’s frown remained, “I’ve heard of this organization, but I didn’t expect them to be involved in this incident…”

“‘Discovering worlds not yet found by humans,’ that was the initial proclamation when the Tower of Babel was founded. This organization, which originated in Europe thirty years ago, consists of a few superpower users and many ordinary people. Their purpose is just as their proclamation states, focusing on discovery, archaeology, geology, astronomy, deep-sea exploration, like a group of tireless explorers, aiming to uncover the mysteries of this planet and even beyond. In the first few decades, the organization truly made significant contributions to humanity’s exploratory endeavors, and many precious cultural relics, geological landscapes, and outer space phenomena were revealed to the world through their efforts.”

“An organization led by superpower users devoted to public welfare?” I cut in curiously, “Sounds good.”

Lin Xue gave me a look, clearly unimpressed with my interruption, then tapped the document in her hands, saying, “Indeed, it was good–at least until their original leader was killed with a dinner knife. Starting ten years ago, the organization began to degrade.”

“The Tower of Babel under its new leadership has completely morphed into a massive smuggling ring. They steal cultural relics, excavate ancient tombs, snatch precious meteorite samples, and smuggle anything that can be stolen and sold at high prices. They even brazenly claim: ‘anything that exists on Earth can be bought from the Tower of Babel if the price is right’… Of course, we all know that these are criminal activities, but what use is that? Ordinary justice has little power over organizations of superpower users, and many major organizations have under-the-table deals with the Tower of Babel. Under such a safety net, those smugglers completely consumed by greed are still hopping around merrily. Do you still think this organization is good?”

“Uh… okay, I take back what I said. So, about the items involved in their transaction this time, any leads?”

“About that, those guys from Babita were more cautious than we expected. They even kept secrets among themselves. We only found out from the black man that the item is referred to as ‘Divine Treasure,’ a completely meaningless piece of information. And beyond that, not even he knows what the object does, or where it came from.”

“Uh, that’s bad, but isn’t there still the three captives from Olympus? They might know something, right?”

As soon as I mentioned this, Lin Xue suddenly fell silent.

I have a… rather bad premonition…

“It’s all because of you, you idiot!” After less than three seconds of silence, Miss Lin finally exploded, “I told you to hold back! Can’t you understand human language, or do I need to translate it for you? Hold–back–!”

“Weren’t all three Olympus members alive?”

I defended myself quite innocently.

“Alive… of course they’re alive…” Lin Xue’s expression was fraught with teeth-grinding frustration, “The problem is, what use is it to me if you turn them all into idiots!?”

Now that Lin Xue said it, I finally realized that maybe I had gone a bit overboard. Under the backlash of spiritual power that exceeded two levels, those three unlucky Olympus members had all turned into idiots…

And even worse, the contents of the metal cylinder, which served as the item of transaction between Olympus and the Tower of Babel, had also been evaporated into the Mortal World by my last burst of Void Energy…

“Well, well…” I sheepishly put on a smile, “This… There’s always another chance, and at least this time we’ve uncovered a Tower of Babel, our progress has been quite significant… Hey! Wait! Stay calm! Restraint! Impulse is the original sin of humans!” (To be continued, for further details, please visit www.NovelFire.net. More chapters are available, support the author, support legitimate reading!)